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Show 5 PAPERMAKING BY HAND IN AMERIC InthaGoln o itgintasmndshbinlismgofehemilovmstnc ona branchof Archer's Hope Creek fn James Gity County, south o VidHesirg Thelsngfhok sttt rvioninsérlne in Virginia snt known,but the bulding and the equippin o a oneTatendlloveuldhaie rOtAACIEs rweycanofcenmmt catfon ater powe Appurentiythesptice "l buflding had to beersct provided, and the rougher appliances for the mnkm& and fimshml' o plicate parts were probably transported by ailng ship 40 Phibcinis industrfal centre, where papermaking had been an establishe craft fo more than half acentury. In Benjamii Franklin's accounts of material supplied to the V; lrg[nla paper ml here s recording dated March 30 143, for "cooper's wa ounds, 4 shillings This may have bee b sowe may asuiin that sihtsdatoth L there are entries for "hatr line es upon which pape not in bales a custo that developed later. ut 10,000 pound gflinensndcotton ragswere furnished the Vlrglm.\m(ll byBenjami Franklin's Philadelphf o Thccarefullyllm1M‘dlc d journals fro Franklin's establish mentalsoshowt] .lhcfurwnrdrdmb;nn(nlquanuufl £<Englishan Dutchmilled board?" to the Virginta mill. This wasa glazed, hard frbr material between single sheetsof whic the writing paper, and some o the printing paper, was pressed after it had been drfed and sized. Severa Digital image © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |